The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1961
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 230.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.34° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.62° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.