The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
3:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 108.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.37° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.57° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.