The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
6:04 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 734
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.31° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.81° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.