The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
5:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 734
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 18.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.07° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.17° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.