The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2059
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
12:10 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1686
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.03° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.23° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.