The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:39 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.22° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.75° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.