The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2070
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
6:39 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1822
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 184.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.26° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.58° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.