The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1985
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 771
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.32° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.36° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| 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.