The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2037
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
1:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1414
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.47° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.18° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.