The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2196
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3381
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.93° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.24° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.