The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
4:58 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 137.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.83° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.91° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.