The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2025
Waxing Crescent
20.5% 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
9:22 AM
12:34 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 53.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.12° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.84° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.