The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
5:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 167.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 6.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.56° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.09° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.