The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:06 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2206
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.24° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.77° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| 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.