The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
3:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.92° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.94° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.