The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1940
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
5:58 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 328.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 194.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.41° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.60° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.