The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1908
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
12:31 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -181
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 | 70.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.52° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.76° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.