The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 1993
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
7:21 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 200.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.30° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.75° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.