The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 1972
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
8:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 214.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -26.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.68° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.43° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.