The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1905
Waxing Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
11:13 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.71° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.42° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.