The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2016
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
2:34 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 289.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.83° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.93° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.