The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1978
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
6:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 684
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 190.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.97° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.01° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.