The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2056
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
1:58 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 282.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.66° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.98° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.