The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2048
Last Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
12:33 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1550
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.41° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.99° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.