The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2140
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
5:50 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2688
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.50° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.