The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2015
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
6:57 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 185.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.82° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.85° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.