The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
6:16 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1006
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:48 PM, is deepest at 4:30 PM and ends at 6:12 PM. Totality lasts from 3:52 PM to 5:08 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 319.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.88° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.