The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2080
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
6:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1946
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 | 187.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.88° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.