The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
5:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2453
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.57° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.70° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.