The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 2006
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
12:15 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 49.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 28.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.39° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.64° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.