The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1402
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 | 159.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 353.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.15° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.03° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.