The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 1908
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
1:14 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -181
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.39° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.54° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.