The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2032
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
11:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1352
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 | 256.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.59° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.65° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.