The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 2034
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
7:23 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1377
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 | 192.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.85° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.62° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.