The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2116
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
4:34 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2391
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.31° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.