The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2071
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
12:23 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1835
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.01° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.45° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.