The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
3:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3245
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.92° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.19° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.