The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
4:20 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 132.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.72° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.17° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.