The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 4, 2121
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
7:16 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2453
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.94° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.83° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.