The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
6:13 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1847
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 | 169.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.51° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.33° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.