The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 1995
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
10:22 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 895
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.03° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.15° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.