The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 2162
Waning Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
2:35 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2960
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 | 287.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.37° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.83° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.