The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1929
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
3:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 78
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 | 300.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.01° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.11° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.