The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 8, 2095
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
12:51 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2132
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.36° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.52° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.