The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1946
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 289
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 | 43.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.33° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.32° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.