The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 1995
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 53.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.54° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.46° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.