The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
2:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -144
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 | 104.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.54° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.90° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.