The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1941
First Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.41° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.56° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.