The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 2182
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
12:47 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3208
Events on this date
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.33° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.24° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| 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.