The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
3:49 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3381
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.96° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.80° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.