The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 1959
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
8:29 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 449
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 139.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.45° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.88° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 12.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.