The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1905
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
7:32 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.08° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.36° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 337.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.