The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2137
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
7:23 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2651
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 271.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -27.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.06° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.19° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.