The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1977
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 672
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.06° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.77° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.