The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2086
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
11:05 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2020
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 | 247.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.20° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.41° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.