The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1937
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
1:58 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 177
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 | 280.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.49° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.72° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.46° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.