The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1923
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 4
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 | 231.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.14° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.99° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.