The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2153
First Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
2:59 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2849
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 22.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.93° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.09° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.