The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 1931
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
10:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 103
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 | 248.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.00° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.97° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.