The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1990
First Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
2:31 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 833
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.83° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.13° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.36° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.