The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2055
First Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
2:37 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1637
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.79° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.