The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1924
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
11:50 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 17
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.28° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.34° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.