The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 4, 2181
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:39 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3195
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 | 253.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.72° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.03° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.