The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
4:39 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2342
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 29.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.48° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.38° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.