The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 635
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.91° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.59° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.