The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 1964
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
3:41 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 511
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 | 302.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.07° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.11° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.28° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.