The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2023
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1241
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 | 217.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.55° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.97° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.