The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1911
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
1:19 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -144
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 | 79.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.25° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.32° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.