The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 1928
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:03 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.49° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.16° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.