The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
3:52 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 125.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.04° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.