The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1929
Waning Crescent
9.0% 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
5:11 AM
5:40 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 78
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.95° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.57° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.