The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2108
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
11:49 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2292
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.98° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.46° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.