The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
3:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1031
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.61° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.37° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.