The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2775
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 | 99.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.88° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.78° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.