The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
4:47 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 28.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.71° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.29° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.