The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:31 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 105.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.52° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.13° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.