The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
5:01 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1167
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.18° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.00° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.