The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 1965
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
2:22 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 524
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 | 82.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.00° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.86° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.