The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 2136
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
1:50 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2639
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.17° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.22° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.