The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1904
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -231
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 | 238.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.68° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.89° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.