The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1934
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:34 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 140
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.98° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.86° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.