The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1986
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
4:31 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 312.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.36° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.32° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.