The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
7:31 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 344.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 165.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.01° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.39° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.