The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
4:51 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3047
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 | 135.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.30° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.19° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.