The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% 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
4:08 PM
4:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 126.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 35.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.45° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.39° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.