The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1955
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
6:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 400
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 | 188.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.41° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.4° |
| 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.