The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 2057
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1662
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.98° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.15° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.