The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
11:31 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.30° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.78° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.