The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 1939
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 228.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.36° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.35° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.