The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1962
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
5:35 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 486
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 193.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.63° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.