The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2167
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3022
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 | 228.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.45° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.38° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.