The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 2000
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
5:42 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 956
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 | 326.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.51° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.24° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.