The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
5:51 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3319
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.35° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| 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.