The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2005
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
1:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1018
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.65° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.49° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.