The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1971
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
2:21 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 82.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.32° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.83° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.16° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.