The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
3:54 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3146
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 | 131.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.18° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.60° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.