The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
3:42 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 697
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.52° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.75° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.