The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
4:12 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 127.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.45° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.18° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.