The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1907
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:30 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -194
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.44° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.73° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.