The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2074
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
12:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 58.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 77.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.58° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.99° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| 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.