The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2095
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
5:42 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2131
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 191.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.33° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.84° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.