The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2105
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
1:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2255
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.94° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.70° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.62° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.