The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
3:52 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 125.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.78° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.53° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.