The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2134
First Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
3:01 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2614
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.51° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.91° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.