The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1929
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
12:10 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 78
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.38° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.46° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.