The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2015
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 234.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.16° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.58° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.