The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1985
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
9:23 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 771
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 | 232.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.43° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.54° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| 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.