The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
2:54 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 108.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.81° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.20° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.