The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1981
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
5:30 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 324.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / -1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.44° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.