The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 1967
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:53 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 548
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 | 349.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 155.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.86° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.45° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.