The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 2198
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
4:27 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3405
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 | 309.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 219.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.45° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.78° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.