The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1928
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 66
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 | 221.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -25.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.43° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.34° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.