The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2144
Waxing Crescent
28.5% 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
11:00 AM
12:36 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2738
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 | 64.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 77.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.86° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.65° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.