The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
3:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -107
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 | 135.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.48° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.86° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.