The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
3:33 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.63° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.16° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.