The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1538
Events on this date
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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 | 164.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.27° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.83° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.