The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2053
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:52 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1612
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 | 200.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.19° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.40° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.