The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2002
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
1:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.08° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.02° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.