The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 2049
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
12:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.17° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.49° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.