The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1906
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
5:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.87° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.09° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.