The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 8, 2138
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
8:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2663
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 | 353.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.70° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.06° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.