The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1956
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.33° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.62° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.