The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 2162
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
11:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2960
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.06° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.22° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.