The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2078
Waning Crescent
13.8% 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
4:46 AM
4:58 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1921
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 205.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / -1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.91° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.