The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
4:54 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 145.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -3.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.40° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.99° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.