The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2082
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
2:00 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1971
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.63° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.99° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.