The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
8:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 215.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.90° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.73° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.