The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
2:30 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 98.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.50° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.61° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.