The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
3:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 326
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 50.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.77° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.77° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.