The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
4:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 1773
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 | 150.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.26° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.20° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.