The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
5:21 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2552
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 11.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.57° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.27° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.