The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 1950
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:16 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 254.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.92° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.76° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.