The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% 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
3:52 PM
3:51 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 123.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.01° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.76° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.