The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1939
Waning Gibbous
90.1% 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
11:36 PM
8:46 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 216.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.88° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.16° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.