The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
3:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3010
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 | 108.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.53° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.99° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.