The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1908
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
8:41 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -181
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 | 13.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 136.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.11° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.90° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.