The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:48 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 291.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.12° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.50° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.