The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1945
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
2:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 288.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.88° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.26° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.