The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
4:01 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.89° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.68° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.