The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 4, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% 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
2:56 PM
3:05 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3183
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 | 111.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 53.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.12° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.32° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| 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.