The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 7, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
5:54 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2849
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.80° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.98° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.