The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2049
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
1:20 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1563
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 | 74.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.00° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.27° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.