The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
5:25 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2948
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 | 166.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.79° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.41° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.