The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
5:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 160.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 350.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.71° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.18° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.