The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1904
Waning Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
1:07 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.85° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.71° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.