The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
5:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1204
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.49° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.57° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.