The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 7, 2053
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.09° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.96° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.