The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 2012
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
7:29 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 201.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.02° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.55° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.