The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1940
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
9:47 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 215
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 | 13.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.28° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.45° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.