The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 1992
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 858
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 16.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.24° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.48° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.