The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1924
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
9:11 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 17
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 | 7.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.67° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.05° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.