The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 1986
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
7:36 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 783
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 162.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.01° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.02° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.