The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2089
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2057
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.51° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.85° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.