The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 2182
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
7:26 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3207
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.31° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.14° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.