The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2026
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
11:35 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1278
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 | 256.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -21.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.31° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.98° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.