The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1810
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 352.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.14° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.76° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.