The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
4:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 136.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 30.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -2.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.41° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.40° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.