The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 2051
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
10:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1587
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 | 243.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.74° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.73° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.27° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.