The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2003
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
2:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 994
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.61° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.23° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| 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.