The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2003
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
11:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 994
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 | 34.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.11° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.12° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.