The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 1980
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
1:50 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 280.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.51° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.22° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.