The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1966
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
9:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 227.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.69° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.74° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.