The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2005
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
8:09 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 351.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 150.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.77° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.85° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.