The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
3:45 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -70
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 | 151.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -10.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.67° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.25° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.