The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
4:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2948
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 | 152.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 11.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.18° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.59° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| 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.