The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2021
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
10:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1216
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 | 242.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.13° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.22° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| 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.