The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2072
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
10:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1847
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 | 242.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.72° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.75° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.