The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
4:49 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 363
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 | 152.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 12.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.55° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.58° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.