The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1919
Waxing Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
12:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -45
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.25° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.46° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.