The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
11:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 253.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.57° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.38° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.