The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1955
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
7:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 400
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.25° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.35° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.