The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1919
First Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
1:56 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -45
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.26° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.13° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.03° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.