The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2168
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
1:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3034
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.66° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.73° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.