The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 2119
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
12:17 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2428
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 265.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -21.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.31° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.69° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.