The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
5:35 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2886
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 | 169.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 336.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.01° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.