The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
4:41 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 598
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 18.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.88° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.99° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| 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.