The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2118
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2416
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 | 221.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.12° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.56° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.