The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2183
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
7:14 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3220
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.12° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.23° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.