The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 1959
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
5:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 325.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.86° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.18° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.