The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1958
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
7:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 195.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.56° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.61° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.