The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% 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
4:22 PM
3:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1971
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 | 127.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / -0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.22° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.20° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| 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.