The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
6:31 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1117
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 188.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.59° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.15° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.