The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2064
Last Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
1:21 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1748
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.37° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.56° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.