The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2478
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 | 159.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.4° / 358.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.06° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.01° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.