The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1919
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
10:32 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 20.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.63° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.16° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.