The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
5:12 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1711
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 13.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.61° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.72° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.