The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2080
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1946
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -28.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.97° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.15° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.