The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1950
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 338
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.21° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.97° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.