The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
4:05 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1736
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 | 129.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.00° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.00° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| 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.