The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1984
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
9:10 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 759
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 | 5.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.4° / 126.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.33° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.41° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.