The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1943
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:38 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 251
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 | 326.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 192.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.83° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.