The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 2045
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1513
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.50° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.99° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.