The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1975
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 285.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.22° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.85° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.