The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 1936
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
7:24 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 202.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.80° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.75° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.