The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2040
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
6:10 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1451
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 | 330.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 187.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.53° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.52° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.