The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
5:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 156.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 359.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.33° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.30° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.