The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1980
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 230.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.72° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.41° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.