The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1916
Waxing Crescent
34.5% 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
10:18 AM
12:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.58° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.96° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.