The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2143
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2725
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 | 245.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.27° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.41° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| 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.