The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1961
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
2:06 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 283.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.95° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.41° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.