The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2025
First Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
2:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.49° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.19° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.