The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1977
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
11:31 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 672
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.84° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.15° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| 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.