The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:32 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.96° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.94° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.