The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1948
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
1:02 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.27° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.27° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.