The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
2:43 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 101.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.52° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.81° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.