The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2059
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
5:05 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1686
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 203.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.11° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.