The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
3:38 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 400
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 | 120.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.80° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.93° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.