The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2036
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
1:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1402
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.03° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.39° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.