The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1926
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
2:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 225.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.62° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.44° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.