The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2053
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
10:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 256.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.96° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.15° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.