The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:04 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -144
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 | 116.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.69° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.70° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.