The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2151
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2824
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 | 224.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.74° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.80° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| 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.