The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 151.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 7.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.91° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.68° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.