The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
6:23 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 172.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.32° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.