The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 1, 2054
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
2:33 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1624
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 | 289.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 228.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.07° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.31° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.