The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
5:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2008
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 | 167.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 339.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.31° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.