The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Waxing Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
1:36 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 994
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.84° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.44° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.