The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1918
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:28 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 241.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.15° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.05° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.