The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1901
Waning Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
7:21 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.83° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.29° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.