The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2098
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 28.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.94° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.29° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.