The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
4:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3418
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 | 153.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 9.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.26° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.97° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.