The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2156
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2886
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.95° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.19° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.