The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2039
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
6:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1439
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.70° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.