The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 1997
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 919
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 | 290.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 229.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.88° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.14° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.