The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1983
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
3:12 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 297.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 219.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.30° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.85° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.