The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1939
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
7:10 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 192.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.06° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.80° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.