The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2138
Waning Gibbous
56.3% 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
2:25 AM
12:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2663
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.14° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.50° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.