The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1964
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
9:45 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 511
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.06° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.02° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.