The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1929
Waning Crescent
0.5% 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
6:04 AM
8:08 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 78
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.49° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.05° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.6° |
| 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.