The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 156.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 5.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.35° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.20° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.