The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1902
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
6:15 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -256
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 | 342.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 199.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.92° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.94° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.