The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 1972
Waning Crescent
37.8% 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
2:58 AM
2:16 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 284.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.44° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.35° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.63° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.