The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1924
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
6:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 16
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 | 334.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.54° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.24° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.