The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 2198
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
10:59 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3406
Events on this date
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Moon 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 | 26.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.06° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.59° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.