The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1972
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
10:55 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 248.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.34° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.00° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.