The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2026
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
10:32 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1278
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 | 245.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.26° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.78° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.