The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2083
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
5:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1983
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.24° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.