The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1930
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
2:11 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 91
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.69° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.00° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.