The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2023
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
7:26 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1241
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 | 204.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -25.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.51° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.79° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.