The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2091
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
7:41 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2082
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.24° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.81° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.