The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1983
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
12:13 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 746
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.31° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.21° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.