The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1913
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
6:05 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -120
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 203.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.52° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.97° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.