The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1912
Waning Gibbous
56.8% 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
1:31 AM
10:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -132
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 | 262.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.99° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.08° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.