The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 2148
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2787
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.47° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.59° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.