The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1914
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
12:47 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -107
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.35° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.85° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.