The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 1997
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
6:10 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 919
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.02° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.82° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.