The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1921
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
8:31 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -21
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 139.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.85° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.51° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.