The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1927
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
2:07 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 54
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.92° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.46° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.