The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2014
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
12:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 62.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.08° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.63° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.