The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2172
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
5:49 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3084
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 333.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.86° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| 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.