The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1932
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
10:56 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 116
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus 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 | 20.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.86° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.01° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.