The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1926
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
12:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.29° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.02° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.