The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2063
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.53° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.46° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.