The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
3:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1303
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 | 124.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.80° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.17° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.