The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1986
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
1:11 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 276.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.58° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.67° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.