The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
6:02 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1476
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 327.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.46° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.