The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2010
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
3:26 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 297.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.11° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.23° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.