The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
5:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1946
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 | 151.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.89° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.93° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.