The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1920
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
10:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 241.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.95° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.94° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.