The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1996
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
7:27 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 195.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.95° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.22° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.