The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
4:06 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 125.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 3.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.48° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.59° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.