The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1953
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:40 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 209.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.32° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.65° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.