The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 1949
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 37.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.94° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.86° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.