The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2050
Waning Gibbous
96.6% 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
10:34 PM
7:35 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 201.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.40° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.17° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| 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.