The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
3:13 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1934
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.73° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.24° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.