The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
5:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 363
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 | 164.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 346.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.92° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.40° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.