The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 155.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 0.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.42° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.81° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.