The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2016
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
9:41 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 12.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.64° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.67° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.