The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
3:29 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2243
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 | 118.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.24° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.36° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| 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.