The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2140
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2688
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 | 253.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.63° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.24° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.38° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.