The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1965
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 524
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 24.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.02° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.52° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.