The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1940
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
3:11 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 295.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.96° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.92° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.