The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2106
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
6:22 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2267
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 | 332.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 189.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.11° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.08° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.