The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2046
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
11:39 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1526
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.40° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.40° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.