The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1994
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
12:03 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 882
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -15.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.68° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.04° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.