The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.93° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.55° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| 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.