The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
5:21 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 167.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.28° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.02° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.