The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
4:16 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 308.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 215.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -3.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.68° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.98° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.