The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1920
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
7:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 197.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.50° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.19° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.