The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 1916
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
7:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -83
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 | 353.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 181.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.89° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.42° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.