The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% 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
4:21 PM
4:34 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3084
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 | 130.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 31.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.92° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.71° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| 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.