The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1940
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
7:52 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.48° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.07° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.