The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1918
Waning Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
4:14 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -58
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 | 306.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 223.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 1.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.61° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.10° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.