The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1900
Waxing Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
10:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -280
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 | 32.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.58° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.23° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.