The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
4:59 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 264
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 22.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.18° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.55° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.