The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 7, 2197
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3393
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.17° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.37° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.