The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1904
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -231
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 | 261.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.11° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.29° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.