The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
3:20 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 126.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.39° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.