The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1945
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
12:06 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 262.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.54° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.83° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.