The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
3:23 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1204
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 | 100.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 50.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.05° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.13° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.