The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
5:01 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1476
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 20.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.81° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.50° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.