The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
5:11 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 142.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.60° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.37° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.