The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
9:43 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.7° / 117.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.62° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.10° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.