The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2145
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
7:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2750
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 | 202.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.24° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.78° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.