The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 1942
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
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Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.09° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.81° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.