The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1950
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 214.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.28° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.20° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.