The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
3:28 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -144
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 | 128.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 5.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.55° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.51° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.