The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
5:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1303
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 347.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.24° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.63° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.