The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 1926
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
3:45 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.91° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.66° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.