The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2033
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
2:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1365
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.78° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.19° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.