The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1942
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
12:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 239
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 | 259.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.71° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.19° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.