The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1909
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
6:13 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 193.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.34° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.70° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.