The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
5:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 159.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.93° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.80° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| 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.