The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2174
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
2:40 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3109
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.23° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.60° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.