The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2005
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
9:18 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1019
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.75° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.09° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.