The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2113
Last Quarter
51.3% 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
2:41 AM
12:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2354
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.70° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.20° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.