The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% 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
2:50 PM
2:59 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 109.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.78° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.61° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.