The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1901
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
5:54 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.82° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.92° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.