The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 2051
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
2:00 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1587
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 | 280.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.13° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.87° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.