The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1947
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 301
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 | 218.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -25.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.08° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.93° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.