The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2042
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 218.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.06° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.77° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.