The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
3:16 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1773
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 | 112.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.29° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.75° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| 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.