The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
2:32 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 190
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.41° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.03° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.