The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1937
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
6:38 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 191.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.92° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.37° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.