The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1950
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
10:04 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 241.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -27.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.17° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.57° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.