The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1983
Waning Gibbous
81.0% 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
12:08 AM
9:34 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 746
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -24.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.52° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.62° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| 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.