The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 2056
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
10:52 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 246.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.82° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.37° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.