The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
5:16 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2812
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 | 146.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.46° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.81° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.