The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2178
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
10:58 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3158
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.79° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.56° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.