The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2105
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
2:32 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2255
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.29° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.45° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.84° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.