The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2117
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
8:31 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2403
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 140.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.20° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.41° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.