The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1946
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
1:34 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 289
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 23.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.92° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.87° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.