The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1979
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
12:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 62.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.86° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.79° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.