The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2128
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
10:30 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2540
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 | 24.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.84° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.91° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.