The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1934
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
3:42 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 140
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.06° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.