The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
3:13 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.52° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.09° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.