The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2098
First Quarter
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
3:07 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.05° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.42° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.