The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
3:05 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 112.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 53.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.02° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.83° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| 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.