The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
6:10 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 29
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 338.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.49° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.