The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1940
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
8:50 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon 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 | 1.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.78° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.69° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.