The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% 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
3:29 PM
3:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 118.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.74° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.51° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.