The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2116
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
3:33 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2391
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.36° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.08° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.