The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
4:34 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1637
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 | 132.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 29.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.70° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.