The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2029
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1315
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 | 224.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -24.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.85° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.62° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.