The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2007
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
7:19 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 204.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.72° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.42° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.