The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 2001
Full Moon
99.9% 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
8:48 PM
6:43 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 314.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.26° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.