The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2197
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
12:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3393
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 246.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.78° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.58° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.