The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 159.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.87° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.77° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.