The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 2046
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
10:40 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1526
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.43° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.64° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.