The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1996
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
10:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 236.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.37° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.77° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.