The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:15 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3282
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 11.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.79° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.19° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.