The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 8, 2056
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
2:58 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 294.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.97° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.20° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.