The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
4:45 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2379
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.88° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.16° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.