The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% 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
4:22 PM
4:40 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2614
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.49° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.33° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.