The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2004
Waning Gibbous
80.0% 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
12:31 AM
9:24 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 233.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.50° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.34° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| 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.