The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2174
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
2:09 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3109
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.22° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.82° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.