The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2076
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
1:05 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.24° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.11° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.