The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2008
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
4:11 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1055
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.99° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.58° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.