The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 1964
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
4:50 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 511
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 | 315.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.51° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.