The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2013
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
3:26 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 297.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.02° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.47° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.