The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 4, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
2:48 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3418
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 | 104.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.38° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.72° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.