The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1966
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 215.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.79° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.56° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.