The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
3:20 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 114.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 5.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.23° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.61° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.