The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2083
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
12:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1983
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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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 | 268.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.02° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.15° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.