The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 158.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.41° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.97° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.