The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
6:01 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 103
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 330.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.79° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.12° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.