The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2104
First Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
2:05 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2243
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.80° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.96° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| 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.