The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
5:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2713
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 346.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.71° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.23° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.