The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1575
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.85° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.55° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.