The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
6:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 341.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.07° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.13° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.