The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2020
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
7:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1204
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 | 196.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.33° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.14° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.