The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1958
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 247.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.90° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.35° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| 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.