The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2100
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
1:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2193
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.72° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.08° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.