The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:29 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 98.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.19° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.82° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.