The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2102
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
11:38 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2218
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.24° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.76° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.