The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2024
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
4:35 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.15° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.95° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.