The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2070
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
11:16 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1822
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 | 248.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.21° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.05° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.