The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2035
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
9:39 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1390
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.60° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.87° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| 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.