The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 400
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 | 154.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 7.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.32° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.37° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| 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.