The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 1, 2179
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
3:49 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3170
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 | 302.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.84° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.97° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.