The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1992
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
7:43 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 857
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 | 346.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.27° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.90° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.