The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
3:29 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 118.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.63° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.32° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.