The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2091
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
11:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2082
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 252.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.43° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.54° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.