The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1980
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
7:38 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 709
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.71° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| 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.