The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2094
Waning Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
2:03 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2119
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.49° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.60° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.