The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 158.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.49° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.97° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.