The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
5:24 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2144
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 | 149.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 8.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.84° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.57° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.