The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
12:09 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 259.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.99° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.84° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| 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.