The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 1998
Waxing Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
1:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 69.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.34° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.30° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.00° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.