The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
7:49 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 199.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.35° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.24° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.