The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1926
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
4:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.89° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.