The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2087
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
1:30 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2033
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.71° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.20° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.87° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.