The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1954
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
7:26 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 387
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 | 343.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 171.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.82° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.30° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.