The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1969
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 573
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.71° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.02° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.