The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1948
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
4:06 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 313
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 | 308.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 212.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.14° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.92° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.