The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
2:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.09° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.71° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| 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.