The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
4:29 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 27.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.44° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.26° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.