The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1999
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 224.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.91° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.01° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.