The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1978
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
8:07 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 353.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.59° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.48° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.