The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1988
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
9:51 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 808
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 | 238.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.07° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.19° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.