The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
5:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 154.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 5.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -7.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.85° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.91° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.