The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2061
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1711
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 | 224.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.99° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.55° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.