The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2059
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1686
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 | 226.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -26.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.78° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.65° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.