The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1983
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
4:14 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 746
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 211.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.71° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.08° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.