The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
3:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1402
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.32° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.77° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.