The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2089
Waning Crescent
3.8% 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
5:20 AM
6:51 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2057
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.39° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.40° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.