The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1905
Waxing Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
9:26 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -218
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 | 23.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.56° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.88° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.