The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2173
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
8:57 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3096
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -28.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.59° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.09° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.