The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% 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
5:40 PM
4:47 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.51° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.79° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| 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.