The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
3:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.85° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.90° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.