The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2040
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1451
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 | 280.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 229.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.65° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.25° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.63° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.