The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
4:31 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1501
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 | 141.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 26.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.42° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.62° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.