The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 2044
First Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
2:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.79° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.40° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.