The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1951
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
4:15 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 350
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 | 309.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 214.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.59° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.16° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.