The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1991
Waning Crescent
43.9% 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
2:40 AM
1:38 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 277.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.75° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.21° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.