The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1937
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
10:52 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 177
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 | 245.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.59° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.84° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.