The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2151
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
7:10 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2824
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.16° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| 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.