The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1921
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
5:20 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -21
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 | 320.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.78° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.