The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 1999
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
12:52 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.90° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.50° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.80° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.