The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% 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
2:56 PM
2:59 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 425
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.57° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.01° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.