The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1918
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
1:51 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 279.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.85° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.66° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.