The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1928
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
7:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 66
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 | 199.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -20.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.64° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.97° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.