The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1956
Waning Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
2:33 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 287.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 235.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.41° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.25° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.