The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 2195
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
3:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3368
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.50° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.33° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.