The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
3:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1340
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.13° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.91° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.