The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1915
Last Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
12:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -95
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.99° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.50° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.