The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2184
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
10:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3232
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 | 245.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.69° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.50° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.