The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1915
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
2:31 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -95
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.52° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.94° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.