The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2047
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
1:33 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1538
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.49° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.16° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| 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.