The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2159
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
11:05 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2923
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.94° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.97° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.