The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1956
Waning Crescent
4.7% 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
4:55 AM
6:48 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 335.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 186.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.43° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.17° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.