The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 1908
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
11:42 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.37° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.20° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.