The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
4:11 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -8
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.97° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.77° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.