The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2075
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
9:49 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1884
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.05° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.99° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.