The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1969
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
11:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 254.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.51° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.58° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.