The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1945
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 227.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.10° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.25° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.