The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 1942
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
2:13 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 239
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 | 284.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.80° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.60° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.