The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
3:06 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2948
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 4.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.34° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.14° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| 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.