The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1910
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
4:32 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -157
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 | 324.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 0.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.61° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.28° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.