The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2157
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
11:56 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2898
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 | 260.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.58° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.31° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.