The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2148
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2787
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 0.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.67° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.49° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.