The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
7:27 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.28° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.46° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.