The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1902
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
12:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -256
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 | 278.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.12° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.80° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.