The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% 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
7:45 PM
5:26 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3183
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 | 165.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 343.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.63° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.59° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.