The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 2043
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
11:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1488
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 | 261.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.81° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.87° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.