The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 1920
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 230.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.07° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.75° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.