The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2069
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
7:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1810
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.91° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.96° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.