The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1974
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
7:47 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 635
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.58° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.12° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.