The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1909
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
7:28 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 217.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.88° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.07° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.