The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:33 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 104.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.66° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.74° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.