The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1991
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
10:35 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 845
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.74° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.60° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.