The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2108
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
6:22 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2292
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.6° / 187.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.73° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.99° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.