The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
3:15 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2713
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 | 114.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 3.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.56° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.96° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.