The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
5:09 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1637
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.44° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.42° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.