The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1913
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
3:01 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -120
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 | 307.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 229.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -5.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.26° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.28° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.