The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1996
Waning Gibbous
67.6% 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
12:53 AM
11:23 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.82° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.96° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.