The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2143
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
8:10 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2725
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.63° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.86° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.