The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 1, 2073
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
3:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1859
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 | 298.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.69° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.12° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.