The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
3:10 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1538
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.36° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.56° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| 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.