The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 1999
Waning Gibbous
60.8% 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
1:43 AM
11:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.30° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.59° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.