The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2018
Waning Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
9:53 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.92° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.79° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.