The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1954
Waxing Crescent
19.5% 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
9:37 AM
12:12 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 52.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.86° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.52° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.