The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1934
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
10:52 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 140
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 | 248.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.23° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.41° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.