The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2121
Waning Gibbous
65.0% 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
1:31 AM
11:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2453
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 | 252.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.75° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.57° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.