The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2008
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1056
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 27.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.06° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.77° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.