The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2134
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
6:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2614
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:16 AM, is deepest at 6:05 AM and ends at 7:55 AM. Totality lasts from 5:16 AM to 6:55 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 307.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.09° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.