The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1929
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
6:52 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 78
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 | 338.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 176.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.04° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.80° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.