The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
3:05 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3245
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 12.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.08° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.39° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.