The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
5:07 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 301
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 | 137.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.12° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.33° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.