The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1951
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
7:28 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 350
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.54° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.85° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.