The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
2:54 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 106.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.81° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.79° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.