The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% 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
5:44 PM
5:08 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 145.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.89° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.60° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.7° |
| 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.