The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% 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
1:09 PM
1:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.21° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.91° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.