The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
4:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 128.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.53° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.55° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.