The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2170
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
1:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3059
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.47° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.41° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.