The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2045
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
11:25 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1513
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 | 254.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.75° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.56° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| 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.