The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 2089
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
2:47 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2057
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.40° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.48° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.