The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1910
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
7:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -157
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 179.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.77° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.75° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.