The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
5:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 128
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 | 162.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 352.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.93° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.20° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.