The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1943
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 49.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.40° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.52° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.