The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:32 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1699
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 | 104.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.34° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.82° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.