The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 2056
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
8:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 206.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.98° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.83° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.