The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1947
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:17 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 301
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 | 196.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.96° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.56° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.