The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
4:48 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -8
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,400 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 18.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.48° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.59° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.