The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 1916
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.78° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.18° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.