The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
6:06 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1439
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 | 168.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 336.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.55° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.40° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.