The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2010
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 219.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.47° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.81° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| 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.