The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2029
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
12:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1315
Events on this date
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Saturn 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 | 261.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.86° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.19° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.