The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 2061
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
6:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1711
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.52° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 183.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.