The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1936
Full Moon
99.9% 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
9:00 PM
6:04 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 165
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.38° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 192.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.