The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1980
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:40 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 709
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 | 254.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.09° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.80° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.