The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1982
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
7:01 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 734
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.83° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.