The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2031
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
7:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 200.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.55° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.35° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.