The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2149
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
1:28 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2799
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 | 278.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.73° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.73° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.93° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.