The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
5:56 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 172.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 330.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.77° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.