The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 7, 2173
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
4:13 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3096
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 | 307.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.28° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.31° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.