The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2027
Waning Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
3:37 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1290
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 | 301.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.30° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.16° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.