The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 8, 2173
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
5:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3096
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.80° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.54° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.