The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1912
New Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
5:28 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -132
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 335.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.28° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.