The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
3:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2206
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.44° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.58° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.