The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:54 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 172.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.68° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.