The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1932
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
4:48 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 115
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 | 315.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.65° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.58° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.