The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 170.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 0.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.54° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.66° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.