The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 2048
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1550
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -23.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.80° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.41° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.