The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
5:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 202
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 4.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.22° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.73° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.