The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 1988
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 808
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 | 213.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.49° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.82° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.