The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2194
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3356
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 | 216.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -27.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.98° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.58° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.