The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2099
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
9:07 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2181
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 | 229.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.40° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.95° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| 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.