The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1904
Last Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
12:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.02° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.50° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.