The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 5, 1980
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
10:41 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 709
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.78° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.