The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2109
First Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
1:55 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2305
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 14.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.99° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.39° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.