The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2008
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
7:57 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 347.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 159.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.53° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.28° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.