The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 2156
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
7:22 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2886
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -27.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.13° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.01° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.