The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2102
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
10:23 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2218
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 | 242.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.96° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.57° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.