The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1926
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 41
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 | 225.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.70° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.44° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.