The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
4:19 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -2.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.00° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.56° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.