The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
3:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 91
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.13° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.59° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.