The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
3:31 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1971
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 | 114.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.79° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.39° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.