The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 2096
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
6:33 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2144
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:32 AM, is deepest at 7:21 AM and ends at 9:10 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.35° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.