The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
12:50 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -20.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.22° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.30° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.