The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 113.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 11.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.98° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.58° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.