The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1906
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
1:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.36° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.21° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.